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The Fort in Fort Worth, by Dr. Claude Clayton (Clay) Perkins, contains no index whatsoever. For the benefit of visitors to our website, I was just going to list the names of those who are mentioned in the book, but then you would have to read the whole book just to find one person. A full name index is just what the doctor ordered. ;-)

If you are looking for a local history book that reads like a novel then this one may not be to your liking. This book actually contains many good stories and a great deal of factual information. The time line is what threw me in the beginning. The first chapter starts in 1837 and proceeds forward in time through 1849. Suddenly we're back in 1845 and then 1844. This shift in time occurs frequently throughout the book. I suppose that the stories would be difficult to relate in any other way without losing vital information. Once I was comfortable with the format, it was much more enjoyable to read.

Each story and chapter ties back to the fort even though you may be reading about events in south Texas or Mexico. Dr. Perkins compiled a great deal of historical data and somehow managed to get it all between the covers. With the many illustrations, we get a good idea what the fort looked like and what pioneer life must have been like in those early days of Tarrant County.

Acaquash, Chief	127
Adams, Thomas	222
Alcorn, John	228
Anderson, Philip	103, 217
Anderson, Richard H.	156-157
Aquagosh, Chief	238
Arnold, Catherine Bryant "Kate"	28, 38, 40, 42, 45, 88, 91, 100, 114, 135-138, 148, 160, 165
Arnold, Florida Belle	40, 136-137, 160, 165
Arnold, Kate "Kitty"	42, 115, 137, 160, 165
Arnold, Nannie/Nanny	137, 160
Arnold, Ripley Allen	x, 4, 23-25, 27-33, 35-45, 47, 52, 59-63, 69, 77-80, 87, 90-91, 95-96, 99-102, 112, 115-118, 120, 126, 128, 133, 135-136, 138-141, 148, 155-158, 175, 177, 179, 187-189, 200-201, 205, 209-211, 214-216, 235-237, 241
Arnold, Sophia/Sophie	45, 100, 158, 175, 177, 241
Arnold, Willis H.	36, 100, 158, 175, 177, 241

Babbitt, E. B.	195, 200
Baker, Mosley	11
Banks, Daniel F.	226
Barcus, William	221
Barnard, Charles E.	18, 24, 191, 234
Barnard, George	16-17, 24, 98, 191, 214, 234
Barnard, Juana Cavazos	24, 233
Barrett, John	226
Barrett, Richard	220
Batty, Louis	222
Beall, W. N. R.	139
Beals, Andrew	221
Beatty, John	222
Beauregard, P. G. T.	50
Beed-eye, Chief	32
Belknap, William G.	125-126, 130, 216
Bell, Peter H.	17-19, 23, 93-94, 98-99, 104, 211
Bemis, Nelson	224
Benedict, Franklin	230
Bennett, James	199, 220
Bennett, Richard	102
Bensinger, Christopher	230
Benthuysen, A. B.	9-10
Bentick, Thomas H.	230
Bergman, Michael	230
Bernard, Juana	(see Barnard, Juana Cavazos)
Beyer, Nicholas	49, 102, 163, 217
Bicknell, J. Y.	27
Biggins, John	103, 226
Bingham, Thomas	156-157
Bird, Henry	224
Bird, Jonathan	12
Black, John	221
Blackwell, H.	149
Blake, Edward D.	120, 163
Blake, George	98, 238
Blake, John	229
Bohrmann, Christian	217
Boland, Charles	232
Bold, Charles	58
Bold, John	58, 62, 91, 95, 101, 120-121, 132, 137-138, 205
Bolger, John	222
Bomford, James. V.	119-120, 131-132, 160, 181, 215, 236-237
Bond, John J.	228
Borden, Gail	110
Bostwick, Mr.	10
Bourgeois, Luc	148, 175
Bragonier, Wm. M.	221
Brandt, Heinrich	224
Braun, Heinrich	224
Breen, Patrick	230
Brenner, Edward F.	59, 163, 226
Brine, Sil	228
Brisbane, Albert	148-149
Brooke, Edward M.	182
Brooke, George M.	32, 55-58, 60, 62, 64, 76-77, 89-90, 94, 96-99, 103-104, 107-108, 111, 113, 119-121, 123, 129, 237
Brown, Hugh	219
Bryan, John Neely	12, 15
Bryan, Maj.	94
Bryant, Catherine	(see Arnold, Catherine Bryant "Kate")
Bryant, Thomas	38-39
Buchanan, Wilson	222
Burbank, Lt.	37
Buress, Western	220
Burgeaur, Leopold	221
Burlage, Frederick	102, 218

Cabet, Etienne	165-168, 171-175
Cahill, James	222
Cahill, Peter	229
Cairnes, John	224
Canfield, John	222
Canton, John	228
Carr, James	224
Carter, (slave)	44
Carvajal	129, 147
Carver, Francis	229
Chacheruck, Chief	127
Chadbourne, Theodore L. C.	146
Chatfield, Norman	13
Child, Charles W.	227
Chilton, Maj.	192
Clarey, John	222
Clark, Henry W.	230
Clark, John B.	132
Clarke, Joseph S.	222
Clay, Henry	36
Cloran, Michael	230

Coady, John F.	221
Coffey, Dennis	226
Cohen, Louis	69
Cole, Bartolomew	226
Cole, Lt.	131
Collet	173
Collins, Walter	222
Colter, Michael	228
Condell, Samuel	230
Coniglandt, John	220
Conner, John	19, 238
Connigland, John	189
Conrad, Charles	103, 122
Conroy, Joseph	221
Conroy, Michael	222
Considerant, Victor	148-149
Cooke, William	11
Cooper, Samuel	65, 119, 123-124, 126-128, 162, 203-204, 206
Cooper, Young	10
Craig, Charles	222
Craig, Col.	211
Crawford, George	55-56, 76, 93, 121-122
Crehan, Michael	158, 229
Crooks, John	221
Cummings, Thomas	219
Cunningham, Michael	222

Daggett, Capt.	114, 116
Daggett, Ephraim N.	17
Daggett, Henry C.	102
Dalafield, Richard	154
Daley, Timothy	226
Dashiellon, J. Y.	101
Davis, Jefferson	45, 150, 163, 194
Dearing, Jacob	52, 163, 217
Deas, George	89-90
Decatur, Stephen	188, 219
Deigleman, Frederick	226
Delaney, John	220
Delano, Horace	216
Demarest, Jacob G.	220
Dennison, Charles W.	219
Denton, John	12
Devine, Charles G.	222
Devine, Patrick	220
Dickinson, James	232
Dilcher, William	232
Dixon, William	218
Dobbins, Stephen	42-43, 156
Dodge, Richard	131, 193-194
Doherty, James	220
Dolan, John	222
Dolan, Patrick	158, 228
Donnelly	135-136
Donnelly, James	157
Donnelly, Thomas	218
Dooley, Ethan	224
Doyle, Hugh	218
Drenning, John G.	224
Drouard, Etienne	175
Drown, William	196
Dubey, Alexander	230
Duffy, Michael	230
Duffy, Patrick	230
Duffy, Peter	230
Dugan, Gordon	230
Duncan, Charles	221
Dundee, Thomas	221
Dunlop, John	193
Durfee, George	218
Dwyer, Thomas	230
Dyer, Jonathan	10

Eagan, Byron C. M.	225
Echols, Dr.	30
Edouard	173
Eely, Thomas J.	222
Elliston, Amanda	(see Freeman, Amanda Elliston)
English, Thomas	139
Ennis, James	222
Erath, George B.	24
Essip, Patrick	222
Evans	216
Evans, Henry F.	222
Ewell, Thomas	133

Farmer, Mrs.	136
Farrar, Simon	30-31
Farrell, Michael	158, 177-179, 184, 220
Favard	172-174
Faybiszewski, Charles	230
Fillmore, Millard	103, 122
Finlan, Michael	226
Finnerty, James	230
Firth, William	230
Fitzgerald, John	230
Fitzhugh, William	15-16, 19, 79, 211
Fitzpatrick, Daniel	229
Fitzsimmons, Patrick	226
Flannigan, Patrick	221
Flora, Manassus M.	221
Foggerty, Pvt.	89
Folan, Edward	157

Follett, Frederick M.	121, 162
Ford, John	210, 226
Foster, John G.	82, 85
Franklin, John	223
Freeman, Alphonso/Alphonse	30, 49, 52, 115, 163, 218
Freeman, Amanda Elliston	52
Freeman, William G.	5, 65, 151, 153, 155, 162, 195, 197-198, 214
French, Samuel	201
Fresenius, Frederick	230
Frisby, Thomas	226
Fritche, John	188, 219
Fry, Stephen	230
Fuchs, Charles	232
Fuller, William	230

Gallagher, Hugh	225
Garey, Peter	228
Garland, John	206-207
Garrett, Jenkins	82
Garvey, Patrick	223
Gaynor, Patterson M.	222
Gehl, Gottlieb	225
Gerstring, Simon	163, 218
Gormley, John	230
Gouhenant, Adolphe	91, 137, 148, 158, 165-169, 171-172, 175
Graham, William M.	28
Gray, James	219
Green, Charles	221
Greene, Frederick	229
Griffin, Thomas	230
Griffin, William H.	187
Griffin, William M.	220
Grillas	168
Gross, John G.	223
Gross, Joseph	218
Guerin	173
Guillot, Maxime	138, 148, 173, 205
Gwynne, William A.	218

Haas, Peter	225
Haddebar, Chief	127
Hagerty, Michael	228
Haight, Jacob	223
Halleck-Tustenuggee	40-41
Halligan, Michael	221
Halliman, Thomas	230
Halloran, William	223
Hamilton, Fowler	27, 31, 91, 236
Hamilton, Mrs.	156
Hamilton, Mrs. Fowler	91
Hanna, James	138, 218
Hannibal, John	138, 218
Hannigan, Patrick	220
Hanrick, Ed	160
Hardee, William J.	39-40, 57, 63, 87-89, 97-99, 107, 111, 126, 145, 155, 210
Harding, Henry	223
Harney, William S.	14, 25-27, 29, 39, 49-50, 57, 73-76, 78, 83, 90, 96, 107-108, 111-112, 115, 119, 129, 191, 194-196, 205, 207-208, 210-211, 235
Harris, Abraham "Abe"	53, 59, 61, 115-116, 153, 163, 226, 237
Harrison, Andrew I.	218
Hartnett, Michael	230
Hastings, David	83-84
Haugh, Henry	222
Havens, Benny	36
Hawes, James	49, 156
Hawkins, Augustus M.	228
Hayden, Thomas	226
Hayes, Samuel Calvin	162
Heath, Francis I.	231
Hefferman, Morris	231
Helmerling, Augustus	49, 218
Henderson, J. P.	15-16, 79
Henderson, Robert	221
Hennessey, James	239
Henrick, Moses	225
Henry, (slave)	101
Henry, William	231
Henshaw, Maj.	147
Hidoux	170
Higgins, James	226
Higgins, Michael	231
Highsmith	18
Hill, B. F.	211
Holliday, Jonas P.	53, 151-153, 162
Holloway, Mrs. N. O.	116
Hollyfield, Isaac	158, 177, 220
Horan, Mary	29
Horgan, Michael A.	221
Horton, A. C.	15
Horton, James	138
Houston, Sam	3-4, 8, 11-14, 16, 162
Hudson, Lt.	94, 198-199
Huger, Benjamin	209-211
Hughes, James B.	221
Hughes, Johnston	163, 218
Hunt, T. F.	139, 203
Hunter, Alexander	232
Hustin, Daniel	88-89

Inge, Zebulon M. P.	24
Ingersoll, George	229
Irwin, George B.	231

Jackson, Gen.	36
Jackson, T. K.	216

James, George	223
Jesup, Thomas	149, 201, 206
Johns, Lt.	236
Johnson, James	231
Johnson, Martin	231
Johnson, Middleton Tate	16-19, 26-27, 29-31, 69, 79, 100, 102
Johnson, Thomas	225
Johnson, William	231
Johnston, Albert Sidney	11, 100-102, 161-162, 212
Johnston, Joseph E.	121, 132
Johnston, William	232
Jones, Anson	14
Jones, Edward S.	232
Jones, Henry H.	225
Jordan, Charles D.	120, 163
Judd, John A.	229

Kaas, Otto	49, 200, 218
Kaloher, Denis	231
Kane, Charles C.	231
Kane, Michael	228
Kaneen, Charles	231
Kauffmann, Miss Louise	143-144, 161
Kaufman, David S.	18
Keegan, Charles	228
Kellogg, Pvt.	94
Kelly, Edward	223
Kelly, John	229
Kelly, Michael	228
Kelly, Thomas C.	188, 220
Kemmelin, Heronimas	226
Kemp, Anthony	197, 217
Kennon, James	220
Keough, Peter	218
Kepner, James	217
Ker, Capt.	44
Kerin, Joseph	225
Kerr, George	221
Kimball, A. G.	13
Kimball, David	221
King, James S.	223
King, Patrick	221
Kinsler, Charles	138, 219
Kinsley, John	223
Knaar, Francis	49, 52, 218
Koch, John A.	158, 227
Kohler, Charles	225
Kurtz, Almira	86
Kurtz, Miss Eliza	(see Starr, Eliza Kurtz)

La Vega, Gen.	83
Laird, John	225
Lamar, Mirabeau B.	3, 11-12
LaMotte, Joseph	151
Langenhammer, Henri	50-51
Langford, Joseph	227
Law, John	51-52, 163, 218
Lawler, James	231
Lay, George T.	141
Leahy, M.	198
Lear, Clint	130
Leary, Martin	223
Lee, George	225
Levi	169
Levice, John	231
Lewis, John	77, 138, 205
Lewis, William	225
Lilcrap, Thomas	231
Lindahl, John F.	222
Lindsay, Simon	220
Lindsay, William	219
Ling, Sgt.	198
Little	188
Lohmire, Charles	228
Long, Jeremiah	158, 223
Longstreet, Maj.	131
Lowe, Percival	84, 192, 196
Lucas, Westley	231
Lusk, John P.	13
Lutes, Edward	231
Lydon, Anthony	226
Lynch, Thomas	223

Maclay, Robert P.	58-60, 95, 113, 117-120, 124, 131-132, 160, 163, 181
Macomb, Alexander	38
Mahony, Patrick	227
Maloney, Mr.	32, 78
Maloney, Richard	228
Manby, William	219
Mangan, Sylvester	231
Manlove, Thomas	160
Mansfield, J. K. F.	194
Marcy, Randolph	140, 159, 193, 213-214
Maria, Chief Jose	13, 16, 19, 24, 28, 127, 151, 159, 191, 236
Marks, John	231
Markwood, Wesley	225
Marshall, Henry	221
Marshall, Thomas	221
Martin, George	221
Mason, James	50, 227
Masterson, William	223
May, Charles A.	85, 135, 192, 239-240
McAteer, Patrick	8

McBride, Patrick	231
McCall, Richard	41
McCann, Henry F.	59, 163, 226
McCann, John	59, 226
McCann, Owen	59
McCarthy, Dennis	229
McCauley, Corporal	157
McCauley, Daniel	49, 217
McCauly, Sgt.	115
McClellan, George B.	82
McConnel, H. H.	162
McConnel, William	158, 227
McCormick, Charles	223
McCormick, Christopher	229
McCoy, (lawyer)	69
McCullough, H. E.	107
McCullough, Moses	218
McDaniels, Dewitt	230
McDaniels, William H.	231
McDermott, John G.	220
McDonough, James	219
McFarlane, Edward	221
McFee, Andrew	221
McGladdery, Henry	231
McGlenn, Charles	227
McGrath, Patrick	223
McInnis, John	229
McKavett, Henry	131
McKee, William	158, 184, 228
McKennan, Michael	227
McKinney, John	226
McLane, William	220
McLaughlin, Napoleon	220
McNamara, John	220, 223
McNamara, Michael	138
McWilliams, Levi	219
Mendez, Anthony	218
Menoir, Alexander	231
Menser, Henry	231
Merchant, Charles	123
Merrill, Hamilton Wilcox	39-40, 95, 98, 140-145, 147-149, 151-153, 161, 210, 212-215, 239
Merrill, James	141, 145
Merrill, Moses E.	95
Merrill, Nelson	144-145
Meyer, Adolph	223
Meyer, Herman	232
Meyer, John	227
Meyer/Myer, Albert J.	197, 200
Miller, Blassis	218
Miller, Edward	223
Miltonburger, Peter	223
Mix, John	221
Moffatt, James	221
Moffitt, James	223
Monahan, Arthur	221
Montgomery, Alexander	201
Montgomery, John	225
Morehead, William	223
Morris, William	228
Morrison, Pitcairn	60
Mosby, D. B.	29
Moser, Stephen	218
Mulligan, John W.	221
Munstermann, John	232
Murphy, Joseph	187-188, 220
Murphy, Patrick	221
Murphy, William	223
Murray, John	231

Napoleon	170, 215
Ned, Chief Jim	117-118, 147-149
Neighbors, Robert Simpson	3-4, 16-19, 24-25, 31, 98, 159, 193
Newman, G. W.	65
Newman, Morris	227
Nicholson, John McD.	220
Noland, Joseph	232
Noland, Thomas	52, 217
Nugent, Edward	231

Oakes, Capt.	97, 238
Oates, Dennis	89
O'Brien, James	221
O'Brien, John	223, 227
O'Brien, Lucius	36
O'Callaghan, Patrick	227
Ocherash, Chief	127
O'Connor, John	229
Octe-Archy	41
O'Day, John	221, 224
O'Donnell	198
O'Kearney, Raleigh	223
O'Keefe, John	227
Oliver/Olliver, William	138, 221
O'Neill, John A.	221

Page, William	224
Palmer, John V.	229
Panck, Auguste	224
Pane, John	139
Parker, Joseph R.	30
Parker, Kate Arnold	(see Arnold, Kate "Kitty")
Parker, Samuel	160
Parker, W. B.	192-193

Patterson, Levi	224
Patterson, Matthew	22, 78, 219
Paul, G. R.	150
Paulus, Peter	231
Payne, George	224
Peak, Dr. Carroll	53, 153
Peak, Florence	53, 61, 153
Peak, Howard	53, 117
Pennelli, Frank	225
Peters, William S.	166
Phillippe, King Louis	165, 167, 172
Pickett, George	88-89, 121, 162
Pierce, Franklin	144
Pierpont, Joseph	227
Poggenpuhl, August	218
Polk, James	43-44
Porthouse, Thomas	218
Powers, (cousin)	86
Price, William D.	162
Przyjemski, Louis	224

Quick, Paul	221

Raynor, Charles W.	224
Reagan, (lawyer)	69
Reardon, Edward	103, 219
Rebecca, (slave)	101
Reilly, James	224
Riley, Peter	158, 227
Riordan, Edward	138, 220
Rivers, Philip	222
Roach, Patrick	228
Robertson, Dr.	100
Robinson, James	219
Robinson, William	228
Rogers, William	232
Rolfe, Mr.	18
Rollins, John H.	98-99, 103, 107, 111
Ross, Lawrence Sullivan "Sul"	24
Ross, Shapley	17, 19, 23-24, 87
Rousset	169
Roveira	172
Ruff, Charles	49
Rusk, Thomas Jefferson	11
Ryan, James	158, 227
Ryan, Michael	232

Samson, John	227
Sanders, William	229
Santa Anna	49-50, 144, 150, 154
Sauge	173
Saunders, William	24, 28, 48, 235
Scanlan, Daniel	219
Scanlon, Michael	221
Schaffer, Joseph	217
Schittenhelm, Theodore	221
Schroder, Frederick	227
Schultz, Ferdinand	219
Scott, Thomas	158, 232
Scott, Winfield	44, 49-52, 56, 82, 84, 122, 125, 144, 205
Senn, John	138, 188, 219
Sheedy, James	232
Sheridan, Francis	224
Shirley, John	221
Sibley, Henry H.	48, 126, 128, 137, 147, 163, 206
Simmons, John	232
Simms, Henry W.	221
Siter, George	138, 221
Slade, William	139, 157, 187, 211, 217
Smith, Adolph	224
Smith, Edmund K.	124, 150, 194
Smith, Gustavus W.	82-85
Smith, James	228
Smith, Joseph	18-19
Smith, Lt.	78
Smith, Persifor F.	124, 129-132, 140, 145-147, 150-151, 153-154, 160, 206-207
Smith, Thomas I.	13, 15-16, 19
Southward, John	221
Spence, Isaac	13-14
Spencer, (lawyer)	17
Sprague, Aaron W.	226
Sprague, J. T.	207
Sprague, Samuel	219
Standifer, Dr. Jesse M.	79, 183
Standifer, L. P.	24
Standifer, Ripley Arnold	79
Stapp, Andrew	15, 79, 211
Starr, (son)	81, 83
Starr, Achsah Kate	81-82, 86-87, 91-92, 99-100, 126, 136-137, 162, 165, 239
Starr, Anne/Annie	100, 126, 136-137, 162, 239
Starr, Eliza Kurtz	22, 28, 81-88, 90-92, 99-100, 135-138, 155, 162, 165, 239
Starr, Jo Ursula	133, 136-137, 239
Starr, Samuel H.	22, 27-28, 74, 81-92, 95, 99-103, 113-114, 126, 128, 133, 135, 137-138, 155, 161-162, 165, 175, 187, 205, 207-208, 234-235, 239-240
Steele, William	94, 238
Steiner, Dr. Josephus M.	155-159, 235, 237
Steiner, Ida Mae	158
Stewart, George	156
Stewart, Joseph	157, 221
Stickle, Jacob	232
Stokes, Patrick	224
Street, Joseph	131-132
Street, Joseph M.	96
Street, Washington P.	96, 98, 113, 117-118, 120, 125, 131-132, 137, 214, 236-237

Sullivan, Cornelius	219
Sullivan, John	229
Sully, Charles	166, 168
Sumner, E. V.	49
Surbey	198
Sweegles, Andrew P.	229

Talbot, Lewis F.	221
Tarrant, Edward Hamilton	4, 11-12, 31-32, 149, 241
Taylor, George B.	228
Taylor, Zachary	14, 22, 43-44, 52, 55, 82, 121-122
Terrell, Edward	13
Terrett, John C.	132
Terry, John F.	220
Thayer, Sylvanus	23
Thermes	170
Thomas, Oliver P.	224
Thornton, Seth	25-26, 42, 45, 47-48, 50, 52
Todd, William J.	114
Tompkins, Lt. Col.	205
Torrey, David	14
Torrey, John	14
Torrey, Thomas	14
Towash/Towysh, Chief	24-25, 127, 191
Tracey, Patrick	224
Travis, Mathias	13-14
Tree, A. D.	151
Triplett, London	96
Trumble, James	232
Tucker, John	227
Tully, James	232
Turner, Charles	30
Turner, Surgeon	153
Tweede, James	221
Twiggs, David	22-23, 39, 43, 121-122, 160, 188, 205-206
Tyler, Lt.	157

Viele', Lt.	57, 236
Viele', Theresa	214

Wagner, John	49, 219
Waite, C. A.	119
Walker	225
Walker, Lucius M.	216
Walker, William	232
Wallace, William A. A.	94, 97
Wallen, Henry	37-38
Walsh, James W.	224
Wardwell, Cadet	37
Waters, George	221
Weaver, Christian	229
Weaver, Samuel	219
Webster, L. B.	150
Wetmore, Louis	163, 219
White, Lee	225
Whiting, William H. C.	62-64, 162
Wild Cat, Chief	40
Willett, James	227
Willi, Anna	163
Williams, Daniel P.	232
Williams, Frederick	222
Williams, James	157
Williams, John	232
Williams, Thomas H.	61, 67, 114, 128, 135, 151, 153, 161, 177-178, 180-185, 207
Wilson, George	149
Wilson, James	232
Wolbel, William	219
Wood, George	18-19, 26, 55-57, 77, 93, 103
Wood, George B.	179-180, 184
Worth, William Jenkins	23-27, 29-30, 39-41, 50-51, 57, 60, 73, 108, 112, 121, 234-236
Wright, Dr. J. J. B.	234-235
Wright, James G.	232

Yeager, Hiram B.	82-83, 86
Young, Brigham	175
Young, Frederick	227

Zeckler, William	219
Zorkowski, Nathan	187, 217

Name Index to The Fort in Fort Worth